Ice creeper



`A. PlKuLlK Dec. 12, 1939.

10E GREEPER Filed sept'. 15, .193s

Paseos lvENToR.

raremesngeefiz, 1939@ Y f faisant 'aisazei o l ICE OREEPER'QQ. Anna'Pikvulikk, ohicaganl. Application september 15, 193s, seiiaiNo. 229,991i Claim; (o1. srs-62)' The present inventionrelates to ice Creepers`configuration. integrally formed vat each end anolhas for its mainobject the provision ofr an antlslippingdevice consisting of an oblongyplate to frictionallyengagethe shoesole for preventing vthedisplacement "or shifting movementv of the plate on horizontal plane.`

-Astill further object of the present'invention is 'the provision of anice creeper of the character indicated land which ymay be provided withshoe sole engaging means, whereby theuse of uneV I' l with the shoe,saidplate 'ID is adaptedto-be posightly 'straps maybe entirelyeliminated.,

'A still further object ofv the present invention is the provision of anice Creeper of the character v indicated which may be veryfsirnple in'construc-A tion, andvvhich couldbe made byA one or two simple machineoperations, and the manufacture of which could becoimparatively`inexpensive. n

With the abovejgeneral vobjects in View and others thatvvill appear-asthe invention is better understood, the same (consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of` parts Ahereinafter morel)fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and :pointedout in ther appended claim. y

In the drawing vforming a part .of this application' and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views,

Fig. l1 is a perspective bottom view oflthe shoe,l

indicated by'dottedl lines with the ice creeper in operative positiontherewith, the

shown inl full lines; Fig. 2 v'is a fror'itlelevationa'l` with thev iceCreeper shownin a position'irnmediately prior to the attachmentthereofwith ther Figa f3 is attached to the shoe, the dottedlinesof the iceACreeper indicating an intermediary position durwith afragrnentarycross-sectional Viewl of a shoe l with thel icecreeper in attachmenttherewith.y f

Referring in .detail to the pr'esentdrawing there is shown 'an icecreeperconsisting of an oblong plate I whichy may be ofk any rdesiredvshape and I3' defining the vletter S on Vertical as is' clearlyseeninFig. `6.

ice Creeper beingy lView of the s hoe y' 'a similar viewwith theviceCreeperv disposed body portion I2 immediately projecting from plate I0,andan inwardly disposed hook portion" I3, said body portion I2 and hookportion v cross-section Struck out in plate vi Eland projectingoutwardly therefrom is a plurality of teeth'or spurs I 4.' In' 'theproximity v,of eachendof plate` l0 vand adja-v cent yextension II is aninwardly'projectingspur or tooth |54; l

In the operative association of the ice Creeper sitioned transversely ofthe shoe sole It or shoe Il, `with teeth 'I5 irictio'nally engaging thelateral -marginal portions ,of the sole I6 for preventing slidingor.creeping movement'of plate Iilon a plane ccextensive with shoe sole I6,as is seen in positioning within recesses defined by the mar-v ginaledge of shoe solerIB and the body portion of the shoe.- When said hooks'I3 remain within said recesses defined bythe soleand body portion ofthevshoe asV seen in'Figs. 3 and ,6,`the diseny gagement of the iceycreeper on transverse plane through the shoe will be entirely prevented.

Plate I0 andV particularly extensions II are made of springy resilientmetallic material so as to causevhooks I3 to spring within the saidrecesses whenthe ice creeper is applied to the shoe in thepositionvs'een in Fig. 3. Fig. l2 illustrates the mode of applyingllfie`ice Creeper to the shoe, and shows the ice Creeper in'a` preliminaryadjusted positionwith the shoe, showing one tooth` l5 and the adjacenthook .i3 engagingone lateral edge ofthe shoesole, with the `oppositetooth I5 and its adjacent hook I3 in aprelirninary position prior toengagement of the latter with theshoe sole.;` ',To engage the latterhook I3 with the ad `vjacent vmarginal. portion ci? the shoe sole, the

adjacentv hook ,i3I is manually sprung outwardly.' thepositionillustratedrby dottedlines yin. Fig. 3, so that v.said vhookylfimay clear the' outer edge fof the marginal portionrof the lshoe sole inorder vto bring the adjacent hook I3 Within the recess Vdelined' by theshoe sole I6 andthe body ofthe shoe il, the position4 shown in fulllines in Fig. S.

- Fromthehereinabove, description it will be seen *that the deviceherein disclosed is, simple in con-v struction, which may be very finexpensive to manufacture, and which is capable of efficient engagementwith the shoe, without the .employment of cumbersome and unsightlystraps, and which may therefore quickly be applied to the shoe in theevent of necessity to use the same upon the shoe.

While there is. described herein a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, it is nevertheless to be'understood that minor vchanges maybe made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim as new is:

An ice Creeper comprising an elongated plate of springy sheet metaladapted for positioning upon the face of a shoe sole transversely of thelatter, upwardly projecting extensions integral with the ends of saidplate and having terminal hooks, said hooks being curved inwardly andthen upwardly and outwardly for engagement over the shoe sole atopposite sides of the latter by mere upward pressure on the ends of saidplate to retain the ice Creeper on the shoe, a plurality of spurs struckdownwardly from the body of said plate, and a plurality of spurs struckupwardly from the body of said plate and adapted to bite into the shoesole when the ice Creeper is applied to the shoe for preventing forwardor rearward shifting movement of said plate relative to the shoe sole.

ANNA PIKULIK.

